 You are Poland's armed arm on this front, you are the response given to the Germans for the 1 September 1939, you are one living proof that Poland is not yet lost and never will be! Wanda Wasilewska's speech to the soldiers of the 1st Tadeusz Ko?ciuszko Infantry Division, August 1943 Source: Russocki Stanis?aw; Kuczy?ski Stefan, Willaume Juliusz (1978). God?o, barwy i hymn Rzeczypospolitej. Zarys dziejów. Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna.

 The royal bell: I sat at the king's feet, the royal court behind me, his son and daughters, the Italian queen – and the great choir behind me chanted hymns, and the bell rose. All looked up and the bell rose – it hung at the top and from up high it rang... Stanis?aw Wyspia?ski, Wesele (The Wedding) — Sta?czyk, the court jester Source: Wikisource